title: Analysis of content legibility for smartphones of websites of the korean urological association and other urological societies in Korea.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We performed an analysis of the smartphone legibility of the websites of the Korean Urological Association (KUA) and other urological societies.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was conducted on the websites of the KUA and nine other urological societies. Each website was accessed via iPhone Safari and Android Chrome, respectively, to evaluate the establishment and readability of the mobile web pages. The provision of Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds by the websites and whether the websites had Twitter and Facebook accounts were evaluated. In addition, a validation test on the web standards was performed by using the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C®) Markup Validation Service, and subsequently the numbers of errors and warnings that occurred were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  When accessed via Safari, two websites were legible, four were somewhat legible, and four were somewhat illegible. When accessed via Chrome, two websites were legible, six were somewhat legible, and two were somewhat illegible. One website provided an RSS feed and two websites managed members via separate Twitter accounts. No website supported mobile web pages. The result of the W3C® Markup Validation test on 10 websites showed a mean error rate of 221.6 (range, 13-1,477) and a mean warning rate of 127.13 (range, 0-655).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The smartphone legibility level of the websites of urological societies was relatively low. Improved smartphone legibility and web standard compliance of the websites of urological societies are required to keep up with the popularity of smartphones.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Joo Yong
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Dong Hyuk
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Hong Sang
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Yong Tae
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Tag Keun
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Hong Yong
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Tchun Yong
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Seung Wook
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Lee